Steel-tape cleaner.



H. JONES. STE EL TAPE CLEANER. APPLICATION FILED SEPT.'14,19I5- PatentedMay 7,1918.

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WiTNESSEfi ATTORNEY H. JONES. STEEL TAPE CLEANER. APPLICATION FILEDSEPT;- 14. i915.

Patented May 7,1918.

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INVENTOR WETNESSES ATTORNEY City,

- UNITED STATES. PATENT onrrcn. v

HENRY JONES, OREGON CITY, OREGON.

STEEL-TAPE CLEANER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May '7, 1918.

Application filed September 14, 1915. Serial No. 50,666.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY Jones, a citizen of the United States,residing at Oregon in the county of Glackamas and State of Oregon, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Steel-Tape Cleaners, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My mventlon relates to cleaning devices and more particularly to. acleaner for steel vide means for adjusting the cleaning blocks and also.means for clamping a tape measure casing on the device.

With the above and other objects in view my invention resides preferablyin the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafterset forth in the specification as illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a cleaning deviceembodying the preferred form of my invention,

Fig. 2 1s a top plan view of the same, Fig. 3 is a vertical sectionalview taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 4: is a similar view taken on the line 4-4. of Fig. 1,

Fig. 5, is a similar view taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1,,

Fig. 6 is a similar view taken on the line 66 of Fig. 1, parts of theinvention being omitted from each of these views.

Similar reference characters designate similar parts throughout thevarious views of the drawings.

In the drawings I have illustrated my improved tape cleaner whichcomprises a base plate 1 having vertical standards 2'and 3 thereonadjacent the opposite extremities of said base plate 1. A vertical sidewall 4. is provided extending between said vertical standards 2., and 3and serving as a strengthening means for'said base plate as well as asupport for parts of the invention hereinsuitable fiat after described.The base plate 1 may be provided with a pluralityof openings 5 throughwhich fastening screws or the like may be placed to mount the device ata convenient point.

A third standard is provided on the base plate 1 and is designated 6,said standard 6 having laterally extending portions 7 through which athreaded rod 8 is vertically movable, said rod carrying on its -lowerextremity a holder 9 having a substantially dovetailed shaped recess10in which is mounted a complementally formed spring pressed cleaningblock 11 having a surface of cleaning material such as emery paperdesignated 12 projecting below the lower marginal edge of the holder 9.A suitable adjusting means for the rod 8 is provided such as a wing.

nut 8. A suitable spring 13 having one end secured at 1 1 to the holder9 serves to yieldably maintain the block in the position shown. A coilspring 15 is disposed about the rod 8, said coil spring serving toyieldably maintain the holder 9 in the position shown. A suitable recess17 may be provided in the standard 6 to accommodate a portion 18 of theholder 9 whereby to maintain the same against lateral movement.

A second cleaning block 19 is provided and is formed substantiallyidentical with the'cleaning block 11 and mounted in a stationary holder20. The cleaning block 19 is provided with a cleaning surface 21, and aspring 22 serves to yieldably maintain the cleaning block 19 adjacentthe cleaning block 11. A suitable liquid containing receptacle 23 isdetachably mounted on the Wall 4 by means of screws or the like 2 1. Asuitable wick may be placed in the bottom of said receptacle 23 and isdesignated 25, said wick beingshown even with the edge of the receptaclein Fig. 6. A second container 26 is integrally cast onth'e base 1 andthe wall 4 and carries a cleaning fabric 27 the receptacles 23 and 26being slightly spaced apart as shown to advantage in Figs. 1 and 6 forthe purpose hereinafter set forth.

The standard 2 serves as a clamping support for the usual casing inwhich steel tape measures are wound, said standard having a verticallyarranged elongated recess 28 through which a bolt 29 having a wing nut30 thereon is adapted to extend, said bolt being receivable in aclamping jaw jaw in the desired position. A lateral extension 32 isprovided on the standard 2 adjacent the base thereof and a tape measurecasing or holder designated 33 is adapted to be clamped between said jaw31 and said lateral extension 32. The usual handle 34 is carried by thecasin 33.

A Winding reel 35 is mounted on a stub shaft 36 carried by the standard3, said reel having a suitable handle 37 thereon.

In operation, a tape measure holder is clamped in the position shown inFig. 1. The tape is now drawn through the space between the containers23 and 26, between the cleanin blocks 11 and 19 and thence connected tot e reel 35'. Rotation of the reel will wind the tape thereon drawingthe same under the wick 25, applying a cleaning liquid such as coal oil,lubrlcating oil or the like and thence between the cleaning blocks whichwill serve to remove, with the assistance of the'oil, any dirt or thelike which may be on said tape. It is to be understood that the cleaningsurfaces 12 and 2-1 on the blocks 11 and 19 respectively are readilyremovable for renewal, ordinary emery cloth or the'like bein applicablefor use in this instance. The c caning power of the blocks may be variedby varying tension of the spring 15. After the tape has been wound uponthe reel 35, it is rewound into the cas in or holder 33.

irom theabove description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, it is thought that a clear and comprehensive understandingofthe construction, operation and advantages, of my inventlon may bereadily athered and while I have shown and described the same asembodying a specific structure, changes therein the spirit and claimed.

l/Vhat'is claimed is: p

' 1.- A tape cleaning device, including a base, a plurality of standardsfor said base,

I reserve the right to make which do not depart from scope of theinvent-ion as winding means for said baseoncertain of said standards,one of said windin .means bein provided with an adjustable c amping memer for receiving and fastening a tape holder, a plurality of cleaningblocks carried by said base and one of said standards, said blocks beingyieldably mounted, adjusting means for one of said blocks, and guidemeans associated therewith.

2. A tape cleaning device including a base, a plurality of standards onsaid base, Winding means for said base on certain of said standards, oneof said Winding means having an adjustable clamping member arrangedthereupon for receiving and securing a tape holder, a plurality ofcleaning blocks carried by said base and one of said standards, saidblocks being yieldabl mounted, adjustable means for one of the b ocks,guide means associated therewith, and means for applying a cleaningliquid to said tape.

3. A tape cleaning device including a base plate having a plurality ofstandards thereon, one of the standards avin a winding reel thereon andanother of said stand ards having clamping means for retaining a tapecarrying casing, a tape lubricator on the base, and abrasive blocks, oneof the abrasive blocks bein mounted on the base and the other of saidabrasive blocks being yieldably mounted on one of the standards. 4. Atape cleaning device includin a'base having a plurality of standards tereon, winding means associated with said standards, a tape casing onanother of the stand ards,'a lubricator consisting of a wick cup and afiuid reservoir with an absorbent bottom over-the wick cup, and abrasiveblocks on the base for-receiving the-tape after it leaves thelubricator.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witne es.

,RY JONES. Witnesses: i

J N0. W. LonER,

MILDRED F. BOMAN.

